This week, we had the JOY of chatting to the very funny, very talented, very lovely Catherine Wilkins (or you might know her as Catie, if you're a fan of her stand-up comedy). She brought us on a wondrous meander through her Storyshaped life, from the country of Disney to the tales of Mossycoat - and everything in between! Come with us as we wander through the stories that have shaped her life and work, and get ready for a dose of major 80s cartoon nostalgia. 'For the honour of Greyskull... I am She-Ra!'

Find Catherine online at her website: www.catherinewilkins.co.uk

Books mentioned in this week's episode include Catherine's own:

My Best Friend and Other Enemies

My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters

My School Musical and Other Punishments

My Great Success and Other Failures

When Good Geeks Go Bad

The Weird Friends Fan Club

You're Not the Boss of Me!

Café Chaos

And the stories which have shaped her include:

She-Ra (80s cartoon and the modern remake)

The movies of Disney

The Mysterious Cities of Gold (cartoon)

Ulysses 31 (cartoon)

The Twits, by Roald Dahl

Fantastic Mr Fox, by Roald Dahl

The Magic Finger, by Roald Dahl

The Demon Headmaster, by Gillian Cross

The Worst Witch (series), by Jill Murphy

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen

The Harry Potter books, by JK Rowling

Catwitch, by Lisa Tuttle and Una Woodruff

Norse Mythology, particularly a book owned by Catherine's dad

Collected Fairy Tales, particularly an edition owned by Catherine's dad, which included the tale Mossycoat

And... The Rabbit That Jumped Too High, by Catherine Wilkins, aged 6! *heart-eye emojis*

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